From the composers of The Winter Rose and A Time for Alleluia comes a work that celebrates the birth of Jesus - the Light of the world, the bright and morning star. Joseph and Pamela Martin once again provide a cantata rich with beautiful melodies and evocative narration. Using familiar carols as well as other anthems, this dynamic work creates the perfect blend for seasonal programs. Brant Adams joins the Martins' creative team, providing brilliant orchestrations and festive tracks for church performance. Let Morning Star shine its beauty this Christmas for a resplendent and meaningful worship experience.

Inspired by the spiritual Were You There, this musical experience is based on several monologues by thosse who were at the cross. The work leads us through many emotions: from the Holy Love shown to Mary Magdalene, to the intimacy of Mother Marty's Still My Son, to the regret of Peter in It Should Have Been Me. The musical can be of almost any length since each momologue and anthem may be used independently. However We Were There is used, it will provide a powerful Holy Week resource for years to come. Maximum length if all pieces are used: 53 minutes. Includes: Were You There?; Holy Love; Christ Is Our Brother; Surely This Was the Son of God; How Can It Be?; Still My Son; It Should Have Been Me; We Were There; At the Cross.

The significance of Christ's coming is beautifully conveyed in this service of worship for the Christmas season. Recognizing Jesus' birth as the coming of the Christ-Light offers us hope, peace, light, joy, and love. We sense the celebration shared by all who welcome Him, from the Israelites 2,000 years ago to each of us who invite this Child into our hearts today. The blending of new anthems with familiar carols and choruses makes this suitable for traditional and blended churches alike. Beginning with a quiet theme incorporating the beloved "Londonderry Air," the orchestral overture is soon energized with a Celtic setting of the French carol "He Is Born." A brief narrative precedes an optional candlelight processional by the choir while familiar choruses and carols offer the congregation an opportunity to join in singing this celebration of Christ's birth. Other well-known tunes include the chorus "I Worship You, Almighty God," and a fresh version of "When You Left Your Throne.".

Yamaha's STUDIO series monitors have been designed with serious monitoring in mind. Emphasis is on reference-quality reproduction precision that lets you hear sonic details, rather than flattering sound. They carry on in the tradition of the venerable NS10M STUDIO monitor speaker, which was the definitive near-field speaker monitor in an overwhelming majority of professional studios throughout the world for many years from the '80s onward. But technology has evolved dramatically right throughout the audio chain, and speakers must follow suit. The new top-of-the-line MSP7 Studio Powered Monitor Speaker is capable of delivering consistent quality and performance that you can rely on in modern production environments that handle any combination of digital and analog sources as well as stereo and surround formats. Like the larger MSP7 STUDIO, the MSP5 STUDIO is a two-way bi-amplified bass reflex system that delivers outstanding monitoring precision for digital or analog production in stereo or surround formats. The more compact dimensions of the MSP5 STUDIO make it an ideal choice for smaller project studios and DAW based production systems. The MSP5 STUDIO features a 5 inch cone woofer driven by a 40-watt amplifier and a 1 inch dome tweeter driven by a 27-watt amplifier. Other than woofer size, enclosure size, and amplifier power, the MSP5 STUDIO takes advantage of the same advanced materials and design technology that are behind the extraordinary performance of the MSP7 STUDIO. The woofer and titanium-dome tweeter feature advanced magnetic structures that achieve exceptionally low distortion, and the tweeter works with a unique waveguide horn that achieves broad, uniform high frequency dispersion over 120 degrees for optimum balance regardless of listening position. Advanced driver and enclosure design - including the low-diffraction rounded baffle - also ensure smooth, uniform dispersion across the system's full reproduction range. Flat frequency response out to 40 kHz makes the MSP5 STUDIO great for mastering, where high sample and bit rates are the norm.

Pro Tools 9 redefines the world's most popular, most advanced music and audio production platform with a completely re-architected, open version of Pro Tools software, giving you what you asked for - and so much more. Work with an audio interface-or without. Create bigger, better-sounding mixes with more tracks, Automatic Delay Compensation, and other pro features included as standard. Open your workflow to projects created in other audio and video software-and to the entire Avid Artist Series and Pro Series (formerly Euphonix) console/controller line. With Pro Tools 9, you can compose, record, sequence, edit, and mix the way you want-in more ways than ever. System requirements: Avid-qualified Mac OS X- or Windows-based computer

Professional music creation has never been more accessible! Designed for use with select M-Audio recording interfaces, Pro Tools MP 9 improves upon hte industry-leading feature that made it the top choice for music and audio production. Enjoy 48-track mono or stereo audio recording, editing and mixing with up to 24-bit/96 kHz fidelity. Shape sounds and add effects with over 70 included plug-ins. Easily compose music with full MIDI and score notation tools. Get great-sounding, phase-accurate mixes with Automatic Delay Compensation. And collaborate with other Pro Tools users in studios around the world. Pro Tools MP software puts all this power - and much more - at your fingertips. Get everything you need to compose, record, edit, and mix professional-quality music with the Pro Tools MP and MobilePre studio bundle. Designed for smooth, stable integration with the MobilePre interface, which makes it easy to connect and record two microphones, instruments or line-level sources at once. With Pro Tools MP + MobilePre, you'll enjoy incredible sound quality, rock-solid performance, an the industry-leading creative toolset - at an unbeatable value.

Peter, the woman at the well, a Jewish rabbi, a Jerusalem child, and others tell of their personal experience of meeting Jesus and how He transformed their darkness into glorious light. Through contemporary worship songs, hymns, and compelling monologues and narrative, the Easter story is told in fresh tones. The songs included are from top Contemporary Christian writers such as Babbie Mason, Rebecca St. James, Lowell Alexander, Niles Borop, Melodie Tunney, and others. Titles include: Shout to the Lord, Healer of My Heart, Song of Love, Fairest Lord Jesus, Christ the Lord Is Risen Today, Lord of Light, and more. 40 minutes. Easy to medium.

AmpliTube 3 is a massive upgrade of the leading guitar and bass tone gear modeling software raising the industry standard of sound variety, realism and creative power. If your recording or playing rig is lacking in that rich, lush expressive analog warmth, then you need to check it out. AmpliTube 3 is the ultimate tone gear collection for the player/producer/engineer suffering from tone angst. AT3 contains over 160 pieces of gear, more than double the amount of other packages, including models from the most sought-after vintage collections and modern day workhorses. You'll get 51 individual stompboxes and effects, 31 amplifier preamp & power sections, 46 speaker cabinet models, 15 high end stage and studio mics, and 17 post amp rack effects. With IK's proprietary VRM(TM) (Volumetric Response Modeling) technology, you can add ultra-accurate rotating speaker effects, free dual mic placement plus room ambience and response to custom craft your tone. AmpliTube 3 gear models give you THE most realistic playing feel - not just the tones - but the actual dynamic response of their hardware counterparts. AmpliTube 3 is the new king of zone.

Reason Education brings the complete software studio to schools and institutions at a special price. Reason software's studio simulation metaphor allows students to configure (and reconfigure) a complete sound studio, selecting and wiring effects and instruments, while the large format console model provides a rare chance for students to prepare for work in large, professional studios. The flexible environment lets students experiment with signal path and internal routing, customize their sound experiences and break the rules - all connections allowed! Reason provides a complete set of effects, including mastering tools, so students can practice difficult setups like multiband and parallel compression and mid/side processing. In the classroom, Reason has many distinct advantages over other music software programs, allowing students to focus on music creation and production, not system maintenance and software incompatibilities. Students can freely experiment and find solutions to audio problems while maintaining creative flow during music production, invariably spending more time on their projects and assignments. Click here for a YouTube video on Reason 6!

Reason Essentials packs in all the recording, editing, effects, instruments, mixing and mastering tools you need to sound great in a streamlined package. Just like its bigger brother, Reason Essentials puts making music in focus. From concept to completion, it comes with all the essential tools for turning good ideas into great songs. Reason Essentials comes with a great selection of instruments and effects in a virtual rack that builds itself, or can be tweaked to your heart's content-drum machine, loop player, sampler, synths, reverb, delay, distortion and more. For guitar players, the built-in virtual guitar POD

The Pulsar(TM) II Matched Pair delivers a boxed set of Pulsar II small-capsule condenser microphones that are within +/-1 dB of each other - from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. Designed in the USA by the creators of the multi-award-winning Sputnik(TM), the distinctive-sounding Pulsar II is hand-assembled in small quantities to insure peak performance. Featuring a solid-brass backplate and other top-quality components, these modern classics breathe new life into stereo miking applications including drum overheads, acoustic guitar, piano, and room recording. Features:

VocALign's unique and legendary ability to time-align one audio signal automatically to another gives audio editors a powerful tool for a multitude of creative applications. Music - Tighten up backing vocals, lead vocals or instrumental performances. Re-create a live vocal's timing. ADR - Lip-sync replacement dialog instantly. Works with different voices and noisy guide tracks. VocALign reduces the need to re-record performers and drastically reduces editing time. Features:

God Is With Us is a celebration of a miracle: the appearance of God on earth in the body and human soul of Jesus Christ. C.S. Lewis calls this amazing birth "A grand miracle. Every other miracle prepares for this, or exhibits this, or results from this." The Incarnation is a sacred event so thrilling, so humbling, so mystifying that we must stand breathless in wonder and awe.God Is With Us tells the Christmas story using choir, soloists and a scripture narrative. The accompaniment may be simply piano and/or organ. If you have the resources, the magnificent full orchestration is available for purchase (there is a smaller chamber orchestration as well). As is always the case with major works, Alfred offers recorded orchestral accompaniment.God Is With Us is traditional in style, but features innovative twists and turns. It combines exciting and moving classical music by Faure, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky and Billings with some of the world's most loved Christmas Carols. It begins with the awe-filled simplicity of Gregorian Chant and concludes with a fun, festive journey through favorite carols with a Nutcracker flair. And in between, one experiences indescribably beautiful music, worthy of the celebration of such a glorious and miraculous event.God Is With Us is not difficult. It is intentionally composed and arranged with the average mixed choir in mind and it offers a heart-warming and joyful worship experience for choirs of all sizes and skill levels. Except for an occasional optional "high" note, vocal ranges are quite reasonable. The work is about 36 minutes long and is appropriate for churches with various worship traditions. So, with boundless praise and thanks, we encourage you to join us in exclaiming: Alleluia! God Is With Us!Full Orchestration includes: Flute 1 & 2, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet 1 & 2, F Horn 1 & 2, B-flat Trumpet 1, 2 & 3, Trombone 1, 2 & 3, Tuba, Percussion, Piano, Harp, Violin 1 & 2, Viola, Cello, and Bass.Chamber Orchestra includes: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, F Horn, B-flat Trumpet 1 & 2, Trombone 1 & 2, Piano, Violin 1 & 2, Viola, and Cello/Bassoon.

This major work depicts the life adventures of famed Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen as well as his beloved fictional stories. The first movement introduces a noble melody that is associated with the poet throughout the piece. Other movements include: The Journeying Storyteller: Europe by Railway, The Little Match-Girl, Constantinople: A Poet's Bazaar, Dream Waltz, and The Tinder-Box.